ELA+Kindergarten+Lesson+18

Topic: Ocean Animals

Common Core Standards

RI.K.2-- With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text. RI.K.5-- Identify the front cover, back cover, and title page of a book. RF.K.2a-- Recognize and produce rhyming words. RF.K.3c-- Read common high frequency words by sight (e.g., the, of. to. you.she. my, is, are. do. does). RF.K.4-- Read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding. W.K.1-- Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g. My favorite book is....). SL.K.6-- Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly. L.K.Ia-- Print many upper- and lowercase letters. L.K.2a-- Capitalize the first word in a sentence and the pronoun. LK.2b-- Recognize and name end punctuation.

Suggested Student Objectives
 * Answer Questions about a Story
 * Learn some new oral vocabulary words
 * Identify words that begin with /r/
 * Learn that the letter Rr stands for /r/
 * Write the letter Rr
 * Learn and use this week's high-frequency words: will, be
 * Use verbs in the future tense
 * Identify author's purpose
 * Identify rhyming words

Suggested Additional Readings

The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister Swimmy by Leo Lionni One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies House for Hermit Crab by Eric Carle Pebble Plus Series: Under the Sea (Jellyfish, Corals, Sea Anemones, Sea Stars, Octopus, Shrimp, Clown Fish, Sea Horses, etc)

Resource Links

PebbleGo.com -> Animals -> Fish -> Sharks OR Other Fish - OR-- -> Animals -> Animal Habitats -> Ocean Animals BookFlix: Shark Pup Grows Up Water Animals Pictures and Info Create Your Own Animal Ocean Ocean Animals

Activities

1. ABC Ocean Book: __Materials: __ __Description:__
 * Animal Pictures
 * Worksheet
 * Scissors
 * Pencil and Crayons
 * Write each letter of the alphabet on a sheet of paper. Have students draw a letter. They choose a sea animal whose name begins with that letter.
 * Then draw the animal or find a picture of it to glue to the page.
 * Write/ dictate 1-2 facts about the animal under the picture.
 * When all the letters have been finished, photocopy and staple all the pages into a book for each child to take home.

2. Compare Sharks and Fish __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Materials: __ __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Description: __ <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With PebbleGo read about sharks and any ocean fish.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Whiteboard (with sound)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Worksheet
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pencil and Crayons
 * [[file:Venndiagram2.pdf]]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Then together on the white board complete a venn diagram to discover what is the same and what is different between these two fish.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Students can then copy 2 facts into their own venn diagram.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Sea Animal Research __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Materials: __ __<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Description: __
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Whiteboard (with sound)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pencil and Crayons
 * [[file:Animal Organizer with example.pdf]]
 * [[file:circle.pdf]]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Using pebble go, or a non-fiction read aloud students will hear facts about an ocean animal.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Together on a whiteboard or blackboard students will discuss facts learned.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">All facts will be noted on the circle graphic organizer.
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">After the circle graphic organizer is complete students will complete their own animal organizer using the facts noted on the circle organizer.

Assessments 1. Students will recall facts abut ocean animals 2. Students will write/ dictate recalled facts 3. Students will illustrate recalled facts

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